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The shortcut keys were tested in Blender 3.2. We’ve also included common shortcut keys for Blender’s Node Wrangles add-on. This post divides common shortcut keys into Navigation, Selection, Object Mode, Edit Mode, Sculpt Mode, Weight Painting Mode, General, 3D Cursor, Nodes, UV Unwrap, Timeline, Render, Pose mode, and camera. Shortcut keys in Blender will improve the workflow for modelling, texturing, rigging and animating. Most shortcut keys in Blender are indicated in the popup screen when hovered upon. To get more proficient in Blender, getting accustomed to the commonly used shortcut keys is better. Introduction to using shortcut keys with Blender 3D

Introduction to using shortcut keys with Blender 3D.

I'm going to be making a guide on how to USE blender and not just the keys to use it. Please let me know if I missed a key that would be helpful for users. Alt+m, merge, alt+m, merge, alt+m.' I eventually memorize it by just repeating the process, since I normally am doing the process multiple times (aka merging vertices together to optimize a mesh for Source SDK). Ever since then I have most Blender keys memorized, and if I don't I just hit my spacebar, type in what I'm trying to do, and memorize that shortcut (no I don't sit there and go 'hmm merge. I printed it out and taped it on the wall next to my monitor. The one thing that helped me get started on Blender was I found a key cheat sheet for Blender. I remembered my frustration and want fewer people to have to go through what I went through, so here I am, writing this guide on the couch, hoping my laptop won't die on me. I was told today (April 26th, 2015) that Blender was on Steam. Ever since then I've follen in love with Blender and its community.

I finally got past it, I realized its full potential, and starting following every decent tutorial I could find to sharpen my skills. I was first irritated at Blender's steep learning curve. I have been using Blender since version 2.5, starting about 3 or 4 years ago if I remember correctly.

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